Days 99 - 105: Lazy

I think I'm falling off the wagon. I'm just not feeling it lately. My two-a-days are over, and I'm not as motivated to fit workouts in when things get busy. My week this week:

Monday: 6 mile run (it's a step-back week) through Emory campus and Lullwater park. Uneventful. 1:04:00. Other than the awesomeness of an exact time, I have nothing to say about this run. Just getting it done.

Tuesday: My paper got accepted. But there was no celebrating. I had to work on putting together this book chapter so we could submit it Wednesday. But it was too much. So I gave up and went to dance. Worked on the choreography some more and corrected the issues from last week. It's fun, I love it. I'm going to perform it in the fall show.

Wednesday: Nothing. I worked late. After working late Tuesday. I spent a collective 16 hours in two days getting this chapter together. Still not submitted. Too tired to think. Went home and did nothing.

Thursday: 6.25 mile run (I failed at planning the route). 1:04:56. Book chapter finally submitted, so it was a good way to clear all the junk out of my head and wake up my body from sitting hunched in front of a computer for so long. Followed by wine and pizza with some friends to finally do a little celebrating.

Friday: Nothing! Ate tacos and went to watch Decatur High School football game. (Don't ever go to a high school football game when you are over 18, single, and childless. You're not there supporting a child, and you're not there with your high school buddies. And they know this. They're like vultures. And it will just remind you of how much you hated high school...)

Saturday: 18 miles. Finally, a good workout. It was a fantastic long run. We stayed strong all the way through mile 16. I had a pretty exponential crash after that, but we finished in 3:!8:13, which is almost exactly an 11 min/mile average, which is exactly our marathon goal pace. Fantastic. Promptly ruined all benefits of exercise with tacos, margaritas, and cake.

Today: Dance. Last Shake It Like Shakira class. Learned a new move that seriously worked my obliques. I'll be feeling that in the morning. Then hot power yoga. For some reason, my muscles were really tired; I had to take a lot of the easy options, because I physically could not do more. It was weird. But still a good workout and stretch, and it seems to have helped my hip feel a bit less sore.

Anyway, overall, not an impressive week. I think there's just too much right now. The weather is too hot and humid to really enjoy running. I've had a stressful few months with work: an international conference, a committee meeting, and 4 publications since May. Randy being gone doesn't help either; we waited too long to see each other. All this stress... I haven't slept through a night for months. So I'm tired. I just need something to give a little.

Thankfully, all that work stress is over and I can get back to the bench and just keep on keepin' on for awhile, instead of constantly feeling the pressure of looming deadlines. I'm going to see Randy Wednesday. And rehearsals for the belly dance show start soon, so that will be fun and different. I just want to feel motivated again, instead of simply going through the motions. Maybe a race will help too... just over 1 month until Wine & Dine. Anything to help put a spark back in my training. And make me feel less guilty about all the tacos and cake I've been eating...